| San Francisco 49ers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 46161 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 38 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 26 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 19 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 13 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 58 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick failed) | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Seal 8 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 19 FG | 19 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Terry LeCount |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Cleveland Elam |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 75 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Greg Boykin | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 25 | 78 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 321 | 10.0 | 58t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 1 | 179 | 7.5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Williams | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 58t | 1 |
| Greg Boykin | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Jones | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Mike Barber | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dan Bunz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Turner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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